I'm in my final year of computer science and boy do i wish this thread had been posted 2 moths ago. (dont mean to sound unsympathetic - i'm just saying)

in terms of tracing your laptop, im not definate on this so dont quote me, but im fairly sure. Basically it aint gonna happen. Even if it is feasable to run a trace of this nature (which i'm pretty sure it's not) it would be wildly illegal.